This funding opportunity will support partnerships between workforce-focused capacity-building organizations and major health care employers to advance efforts to attract, recruit and retain primary care providers in rural communities.
The goal of this funding opportunity is to improve access to high quality primary care providers serving the needs of low-income, publicly insured and uninsured rural Colorado patients. Primary care providers must practice in clinical settings that deliver high-quality, 全面的 and integrated primary care. 这些人可能包括医生, 医师助理, 护士, dentists and licensed behavioral health clinicians.
The funding opportunity will include a learning evaluation that will answer key questions about the impact and effectiveness of different evidence-informed approaches to improve efforts to attract, recruit and retain primary care providers in rural communities. Grantees will be required to work with an external evaluator, report on project outcomes and participate in learning community activities.
This funding opportunity will support projects with grant terms of up to two years and up to $600,000年总.
授权期限: Not accepting applications at this time.
标准
考虑资助, applicants must demonstrate within the online grant application that they meet the following criteria:
- Established partnerships between the capacity-building organization (e.g., 农村保健中心, 会员协会, state agencies) and one or more major health care employers (e.g., 联邦认证的医疗中心, 医院, community mental health centers) serving the needs of low-income, publically insured and uninsured rural Colorado patients.
- Capacity-building organizations with past experience and a track record of success implementing workforce-related projects with a demonstrated ability to attract, recruit and retain primary care providers in rural communities.
- Health care employers must have a demonstrated need for additional primary care providers and an established care delivery model that provides high-quality, 全面的, 综合初级保健服务.
- The proposed project must demonstrate how it will improve access to culturally responsive primary care services and sustain efforts past this one-time funding.
Examples of project components we are looking for:
The evidence suggests that using a combination of strategies for recruitment and retention can be effective. 像这样, we seek projects that propose a “package of solutions” that include a number of evidence-informed approaches tailored to meet individual rural community needs. The following are examples of different approaches that will be considered for funding. 然而, this list is not exhaustive and the Foundation encourages the use of other innovative approaches that directly align with the goals of the funding opportunity.
- 营销和招聘工作
- 有竞争力的薪酬待遇
- Personal and professional supports (e.g., 自治, 灵活的调度, 实践定制, 识别, 工作满意度, 工作和生活条件, supervision and professional development opportunities)
- 配偶和家庭支持
- Professional connectedness and supportive networks
- 接班人计划
- Unallowable uses of grant funds include, salary support or bonuses for new providers, 偿还贷款, training/pipeline programs and telehealth.
Priority will be given to projects that:
- Demonstrate existing community successes and collaborations to address workforce shortages with the potential to be strengthened
- Demonstrate community leadership and engagement in both the development and implementation of the proposed project
相关的可测量结果
Applicants will be asked to indicate how their work will numerically:
- Increase the number of primary care health professionals who serve rural Coloradans.
We often partner with third-party evaluators, contractors and other organizations over the course of our work with applicants and grantees. Your application and its attachments may be shared with these individuals or entities during the review process and grant cycle. All third-party organizations partnering with the Foundation have signed a confidentiality agreement and will not use or share the information for purposes outside of the scope of work specific to the grant application or grant award. If you have any concerns or would like additional information, please email (电子邮件保护) or call our senior director of Grantmaking Operations at 303-953-3600.
